UNSANCTIONED Synonyms

• secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed

• a flock of coots

• a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something

• (of a wife) being under the protection of her husband

• excluded from use or mention

• of marriages and offspring; not recognized as lawful

• the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents

• contrary to or forbidden by law

• contrary to accepted morality (especially sexual morality) or convention

• contrary to or forbidden by law

• not permitted

• not allowable

• excluded from use or mention

• forbidden by law

• lacking official approval

• not endowed with authority

• without official authorization

• lacking requisite official documentation or endorsement

• not finally established or settled

• lacking official approval

• not having official authority or sanction

• not officially established

• lacking legal authority

• not regulated; not subject to rule or discipline

• without regulation or discipline

• not supervised or under constant observation

• lacking proof or substantiation

• Not approved.

• Not proven.